What is obligatory on the one who slaughters the 'aqiqah on the first day
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers. He says: Your brother in Allah, 'Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim al-Balulah, a Sudanese, asks and says: If a person has slaughtered the 'aqiqah on the first day the child was born, has he fulfilled what is prescribed? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Praise be to Allah. If he slaughters it on the first day the child was born, there is nothing wrong with that, and he has fulfilled the sunnah (recommended practice), praise be to Allah. But the scholars say that it is better—yes—to slaughter it on the seventh day. This is a matter of preference, not a matter of restricting this sunnah to that day.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers. He says: Your brother in Allah, 'Abd al-Rahman Ibrahim al-Balulah, a Sudanese, asks and says: If a person has slaughtered the 'aqiqah on the first day the child was born, has he fulfilled what is prescribed? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Praise be to Allah. If he slaughters it on the first day the child was born, there is nothing wrong with that, and he has fulfilled the sunnah (recommended practice), praise be to Allah. But the scholars say that it is better—yes—to slaughter it on the seventh day. This is a matter of preference, not a matter of restricting this sunnah to that day.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4126- ما يجب على من ذبح العقيقة أول يوم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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